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[wellcraft]

Pinecone reducing survey payments to $3.00 + sweepstakes entry.

Received an E-mail from Pinecone re survey payment reduction to $3.00- anyone else hear of this - sign of the times?

[iceminx]

[LizzieAnn]

I wonder if its anything to do with the exchange rate? Our payments are still at £4 here in the UK, and we havent had any notification of changes...hope it isnt a sign of the times, its a great little earner....I still get about two invitations a month!

LizzieAnn

[jellyfish]

I got a survey from them recently, asking what alternatives I would like the most besides the $5 compensation I receive per survey now. They offered to switch me then & there to the $3 per survey plus sweepstakes entry, and I declined. So AFAIK I am still going to receive $5 but for how long I don't know.

I think it would be pretty crappy to reduce the payment that longstanding survey takers receive from them. I would lose a lot of respect for them in general if/when this happens. They are probably continually making MORE money from companies, yet are trying to give us less?!

[KBLover]

[truetolife]

i was sent a survey asking if i still wanted to stay at the 5 dollar rate or go to the 3 dollar and drawing entry. if i picked to stay at the five dollar rate i would not get as much surveys or they may not have room when they finally switch all members to the 3 dollar and sweeps entry. so pretty much i was forced to take the 3 dollar and sweeps entry. i am not very happy about it, but seems to me most survey companies are getting more from us than we get from them.

[jellyfish]

I got the same email yesterday, and they definitely give the impression that you may not be able to continue as a panelist if you choose to stay with the $5.

I think this is lousy - and I emailed them telling them as much. I highly doubt they are getting less money from the companies that hire them, yet they are going to pay the people who make their company possible less. I told them how I had always thought they were the best survey company but that I was rethinking that view. I also mentioned that I think people are not going to be putting nearly as much effort into the quality of their survey answers considering they are reducing the payments.

This is a crappy thing to do IMO.

[jellyfish]

Got a reply from Pinecone, and boy is it lame.

"Dear Panelist,

Thank you for your comments. Your opinions are important to us. I will
forward them to the appropriate person.

Thanks,

Karen Scott"

I wrote back asking her to have that person address my concerns since she didn't. Grrrr!